Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

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kong1802

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I don’t know what all schools are doing... but mine is not all online schooling. It’s lesson plans and assignments for home schooling..some stuff is done online, and written work is scanned and emailed to the teachers daily.. but it’s not all online steaming courses. The older grades and high school may be different though.

That’s true. We will find out the extent of ours tomorrow.
It’ll be interesting. We have a kindergartner, 2nd grader, 6th grader, 12th grader, DW teaching from home and me working from home starting Monday. That’s a lot for one household on the lines....

Hopefully younger ones don’t have too much online.
 

Jumpr71

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What would you have done?
What did I do? I listened to scientists who do this for a living when they said 9 weeks ago we were going to have a problem. I took stock of what I have, made a list of things I needed, and obtained what I needed. I have been in the house for 3 weeks. I vacuum twice a day, I spray my doorknobs with bleach everytime I use them and I wash my hands at least 30 times per day. I avoid other humans in person, and Im doing yoga, pushups and meditation to keep myself in shape. I’ve been a first responder to natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina. I saw the writing on the wall and concluded correctly that this is going to get very bad. I am expecting 18 months inside. I also expect that I am going to lose loved ones and that our world is going to be a completely different place when this is over. I did not listen to propaganda distributed by networks and politicians. I would encourage anyone reading this to do the same.
 

21stamps

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After this is behind us, I have no doubt a report is going to be done to look at this from the start, our response to information (as well as the rest of the world's) from day to day, and hopefully that information can be used to better prepare for similar problems in the future...but probably should look forward right now....

That report should start by saying the world will not tolerate a country lying to the rest of us... and if that does happen, that country will face severe trade restrictions from the rest of the world.
Unfortunately for the world right now, that country happens to control too much of our production.

But anyway.. Yes, I agree that looking back does no good at this time. Forward is the only useful way to go.
 

TheDisneyDaysOfOurLives

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In the Parks
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"In an abundance of caution, we have previously announced the closure of our theme parks and hotels and other guest offerings. Regarding the Star Wars Rival Run Weekend, we continue to monitor the evolving COVID-19 situation and are in regular contact with state and local authorities and health agencies."

Perfect example of the discussion earlier - the virus will still be here in mid-April, the risk to everyone catching it will be exactly the same, the same at-risk people could die from it, but they are not cancelling yet. Why? Not because any medical reason, logic, expert advice, just simply for business. Same reason the LA Marathon was held and thousands of people were in corrals a couple of weeks ago and the Health Dept was twisting themselves into logic pretzels trying to defend it. They are making the decision based on business/optics trade off, nothing else.

Question. The virus will be here six months from now. Probably 12 months from now. Do you expect businesses to remain closed that entire time? Honestly wondering.
 

thomas998

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I just had a scary thought. What if the internet goes down long term during this crisis!
Well if the cable TV also went down the world would be a much more calm place and people would probably worry a whole lot less. I continually notice when my wife is watching some news report or reading something online that her anxiety level shoot up to a much higher level.
 

thomas998

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That report should start by saying the world will not tolerate a country lying to the rest of us... and if that does happen, that country will face severe trade restrictions from the rest of the world.
Unfortunately for the world right now, that country happens to control too much of our production.

But anyway.. Yes, I agree that looking back does no good at this time. Forward is the only useful way to go.
With any luck this will give some companies an incentive to move production to other places. It wouldn't be the end of the world if every country cut off China for good and let them wallow in their wet meat market till the end of time. This is not a truly advanced society when they think that eating a bears gallbladder cures hemorrhoids or eating dried tiger is nature's own viagra. Throw in their lack of transparency when things go wrong and peachment for blaming others for everything (remember they think the US was responsible for this virus)... I am at a loss as to why we even allow trade with them at this point.
 

Calmdownnow

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We don't really know, but it could be a difference in the genetics of the population, or maybe even some kind of nutritional difference.
Asian cultures are much less tactile -- people do not greet each other with hugs and kisses on both cheeks as they do in Italy. Plus, religious services continued in the "contained" area with people, particularly the elderly taking communion.

Religious communities of all persuasions worldwide have been at the center of community hot spots for virus transmission because they create gatherings of large number of people, people are at their most touchy-feely (ie. are shaking hands, giving warm personal greetings etc) and the gatherings are multigenerational creating circumstances in which family groups can be infected
 

TheDisneyDaysOfOurLives

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What did I do? I listened to scientists who do this for a living when they said 9 weeks ago we were going to have a problem. I took stock of what I have, made a list of things I needed, and obtained what I needed. I have been in the house for 3 weeks. I vacuum twice a day, I spray my doorknobs with bleach everytime I use them and I wash my hands at least 30 times per day. I avoid other humans in person, and Im doing yoga, pushups and meditation to keep myself in shape. I’ve been a first responder to natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina. I saw the writing on the wall and concluded correctly that this is going to get very bad. I am expecting 18 months inside. I also expect that I am going to lose loved ones and that our world is going to be a completely different place when this is over. I did not listen to propaganda distributed by networks and politicians. I would encourage anyone reading this to do the same.

You’ve got to come away from the ledge. My friend.

You will not be stuck in your house for the next 18 months.
 

Jumpr71

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Question. The virus will be here six months from now. Probably 12 months from now. Do you expect businesses to remain closed that entire time? Honestly wondering.
I expect that every single economy on the planet will be flat out destr
You’ve got to come away from the ledge. My friend.

You will not be stuck in your house for the next 18 months.
I certainly hope you are correct on this. I spent a lifetime working in disaster zones, and war zones. I am definitely not an alarmist, and I call it like my considerable amount of experience sees it. Then I planned accordingly.
 

21stamps

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That’s true. We will find out the extent of ours tomorrow.
It’ll be interesting. We have a kindergartner, 2nd grader, 6th grader, 12th grader, DW teaching from home and me working from home starting Monday. That’s a lot for one household on the lines....

Hopefully younger ones don’t have too much online.

oh that’s tough to juggle. :(

My niece and nephew are in K & 1st. The kindergartener has maybe an hour’s work total.. the 1st grader has about 90 minutes. My 4th grader has 6-7 hours.

Imo, grades 2-6 are going to be the most heavily impacted by this. Too young to do the heavy work loads and lessons on their own, and parents who logistically just can not do it with them.
 

note2001

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With any luck this will give some companies an incentive to move production to other places. It wouldn't be the end of the world if every country cut off China for good and let them wallow in their wet meat market till the end of time. This is not a truly advanced society when they think that eating a bears gallbladder cures hemorrhoids or eating dried tiger ***** is nature's own viagra. Throw in their lack of transparency when things go wrong and peachment for blaming others for everything (remember they think the US was responsible for this virus)... I am at a loss as to why we even allow trade with them at this point.
Please realize that these mythological cures the people believe in stem from a tiny bit of fact where some herbs actually do work, combined with folklore and a very poor health care system where most people do not get even the basic health needs met. Fix the latter and you will have an easier time fixing the demise of creatures that should not be chopped up as fake cures.

The people on their own are not the issue, it is their backwards government. Take all trade away from them and you hurt the people. Give them trade with restrictions and you may be able to sway them to take better care of at least the people working for your company producing goods. If there is any one thing I hope this COVID-19 breakout teaches us, it is that humans are all in this world together and we must look out for each other even across borders.
 

JoeT63

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Sorry if I missed it in the previous 7730+ posts, but is anyone on here actually AT Disney World, in a resort, right now? I suppose some folks are there up until they close tomorrow at 5pm, right? That must be surreal...
 

LittleBuford

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But really, what proof do we have that anyone was actually able to stockpile TP?

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note2001

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Well this is not exactly comforting:

UV rays efficiently kill the virus. Providing you have sunshine, lay the mail out in a sunny spot for a couple hours, rotating the boxes as needed. Or, spray the heck out of them with sanitizer, hoping you can still read the inside mail.

Alternatively, steal your teenage daughter's nail kit, as long as it uses UV rays and dilligently work on each piece of junk mail, that's all I get these days aside from ME tags.
 

orlandogal22

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Newsflash mate...whatever happens here in the US is not Chinas fault. Look at folks in position of power who ignored the threat, then actively spread lies. 9 weeks...the US government git serious about this 5 days ago.

I found this excerpt from an article dated Feb 3rd re: restrictions in travel in / out of China, so I'd say they were *not* necessarily wholly ignoring it save for 5 days ago. (You can Google. I cannot attach a link or else my post will get lost in "moderator approval" land)

Starting Sunday, U.S. citizens who have traveled to China in the last 14 days will be flown to one of eight U.S. airports for extra screening. U.S. citizens who have been in Hubei province, where the outbreak began, will undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine. Experts say the incubation period for the coronavirus is 14 days.

Most non-U.S. Citizens who have traveled to China within the last two weeks will not be allowed to enter the U.S., except for immediate family members of U.S. citizens, permanent residents and flight crews.

The eight airports are: John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York; Chicago O’Hare International Airport; San Francisco International Airport; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport; Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu; Los Angeles International Airport in California; Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport; and Washington-Dulles International Airport in Virginia.

Starting Monday, Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Detroit Metropolitan Airport will be added to the list.
 
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